#B38D3D#B38D3D

#B38D3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.108 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D3D
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 61)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 65.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, 5.60, 46.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 47.26, 83.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% 0.0124 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.108 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9592, 28.9723, 8.4809)
Luminance	0.2897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D3D #3D63B3

analogous

#B3523D #B38D3D #9EB33D

triadic

#B38D3D #3DB38D #8D3DB3

tetradic

#B38D3D #3DB352 #3D63B3 #B33D9E

square

#B38D3D #3DB352 #3D63B3 #B33D9E

split-complementary

#B38D3D #3D9EB3 #523DB3

monochromatic

#58451E #85692D #B38D3D #CAA963 #D9C291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#B38D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#B38D3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D3D

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D3D	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.108 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae76',
    500: '#b38d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d3d;
$custom-light: #cdae76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.678,
    "s": 49.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66379,
    "c": 0.10775,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D3D

secondary

#879BC5

accent

#7BD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D3D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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